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Laboratory Disease Testing and Virus Cleaning Services

Services d’analyse de maladies en laboratoire et de désinfection virale

Description

REQUIREMENTS: AAFC requires a laboratory testing services for BRR testing, ELISA testing and PSTVd analysis, and quantification of soil borne pathogen Verticillium species using qPCR analysis with species specific primers as well as the services to clean up contaminated advanced lines that will be sent to industry for the purposes of seed multiplication. Most of these analysis are required by multiple science teams at FRDC in order to conduct research trials on commercial fields with potato seed from the AAFC Benton Ridge Substation according to regulations enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The other tests are crucial to better understand disease pathology and further the resistance and best management practices research on diseases that are problematic to the Canadian potato industry.
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Quick Summary

The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is seeking laboratory testing services for various disease analyses including BRR, ELISA, PSTVd, and soil-borne pathogen quantification using qPCR. Additionally, the contract includes virus cleaning services for contaminated advanced potato lines to support seed multiplication and research trials at the FRDC, complying with Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations.

Ideal For

Companies specializing in agricultural laboratory testing and plant disease diagnostics should bid.

laboratory testingplant pathologyqPCR analysisvirus cleaningagriculture researchseed health
High complexity

Tender Details

Reference Number
cb-670-19995574
Solicitation Number
ESC-2025-2026-042
Publication Date
Nov 5, 2025
Closing Date
Nov 19, 2025
Expected Start
Dec 1, 2025
Expected End
Nov 30, 2030
Procurement Method
Advance contract award notice
Notice Type
Advance Contract Award Notice

Classification

UNSPSC Code
76100000; 77111503; 77140000
UNSPSC Description
Decontamination services; Food or feed contamination protection services; Environmental laboratory services

Trade Agreements

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)

Set Up Alert

Contracting Entity

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC)

95 Innovation Road

Fredericton, NB

Contact

Nicole LeBlanc

Nicole.LeBlanc@agr.gc.ca

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